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Installed my first project
(lemmy.world)
My first project is really coming together!
Built a set of drawers cabinets to my wife's specs for the closet. Still have uppers, face frame and overlay fronts to do, but the garage was too full to keep going.
4ft (122cm) tall bank of drawers with full extension soft close undermount slides. 88in.(222cm) wide.
Feel free to make fun of the 2x4 toe kick! Rest assured I've learned my lesson.
All cuts made with my portable DeWalt table saw after breaking down sheets with my Ryobi circular saw and a harbor freight clamp as an edge guide.
My fear is that regardless of how much and how accurately I measure, that I won't drill the rails for the drawers straight. I know it's one of those things I should just buckle up and do it and learn lessons but it's a constant nagging thing in my mind.
But what you described sound pretty straightforward. Using scrap wood as kind of a story stick and then making sure the holes are set to the story stick makes sense. Especially when it's relative to the bottom.
See 18:38 for a demonstration. I also clamped the board to the side.
Nota bene: because I wasn't convinced I'd be able to make boxes neatly enough to the measurements on my first project, I installed the drawer slides in the cabinet before constructing the boxes. That gave me the relative width I needed since the box needs to straddle the slides.
I should also note that because this was my first project (literally the first things I cut besides the test cuts at the little introduction to woodworking course I took at the maker shop to get familiar with the table saw around someone who knows what they're doing), it took me a couple months to build the courage to start, and each step required rewatching videos to capture things they gloss over, like how to clamp things or hold the nail gun to avoid blowout, etc. I tried to meticulously plan out every step before I went to the garage. And then not get angry with myself when, for example, I notched 4 extra drawer faces for the slides (seen on the rightmost bank)